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ሰመረ ሰሎሞን ሳልሰይቲ መጽሓፉ ንኣንበብቲ የቕርብ፦ ተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፥ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት መስከረም 12 2026 ካብ ራእይ ናብ ተግባር ሓንቲ ሃገር ካብ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት ብኸመይ ትሰጋገር፧ ኣብ'ታተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፥ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት ዘርእስታ ሓዳስ መጽሓፉ፡ ደራሲ ሰመረ ነዚ ህጹጽ ሕቶ ክምልሶ ይህቅን። ነቲ ኣብ ኤርታራ፡ ቀለስቲ ሓሳባት ንሕውየት ሃገር ዘርእስታ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ዝተሓትመት መጽሓፉ ዘንጸፎ መሰረት ብምኽታል፡ እዚ መቐጸልታ ጽሑፍ’ዚ ንሃብታም ናይ ቃልሲ ውርሻ ህዝቢ ናብ ዘተኣማምንን ንቕድሚት ዝጥምትን ናይ ስግግር ኣጀንዳ ከተኣሳስሮ ይፍትን። ደራሲ ክኔው ፍተሻ (diagnosis) ናይቲ ቕልውላው፡ እቲ ንኤርትራ ኣጋጢምዋ ዘሎ ቐንዲ ዕንቅፋት ዝተዀልፈ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር

ገምጋማት መጽሓፍ ተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት መስከረም 12 2026 እዛ መጽሓፍ’ዚኣ ኣብ መጽናዕቲ ፖለቲካዊ ዕብየት ኤርትራ፡ ህንጸት ሃገር፡ ከምኡ’ውን ዕድላት ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሕደሳ ዓብን እዋናውንኣስተዋጽኦ’ያ። ደራሲ፡ ታሪኻዊ መርዳእታታት ምስ ጥንቁቕን ሚዛናዊን ትንተና ብምውህሃድ፡ ካብ ፖለሚካዊ ኽትዓት ብምርሓቕ፡ ነቶም ንህሉው ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጠባውን ማሕበራውን ብድሆታት’ታ ሃገር ዝሃነጹ ሓይልታት ሚዛናዊን ብምርምር ዝተደገፈን ኣገባብ ተቕርብ። ናይቲ ጽሑፍ ሕልናዊ መጐተን ንዕሙቕ ዝበለ ምርመራ ዘለዎ ኣተኵሮን፡ ንምሁራት፡ ሓንጸጽቲ ፖሊሲ፡ ከምኡ’ውን ንዝኾነ ይኹን ካብ ስነ ሓስባዊ ኽትዓት ወጻኢ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራ ዝዓሞቐ ኣፍልጦ ኽህልዎ ሃሰው ንዝብል ውልቀ-ሰብ ኣገዳሲ መወከሲ ይገብሮ። እዛ መጽሓፍ፡ ተሓታትነት፡

As you may recall, on August 29, 2026, I shared a commentary titled “The Shifting Dynamics of the Horn of Africa and Its Impact on Eritrea.” Many readers appreciated it and, given its usefulness and timeliness, asked for a broader treatment. In response, I offer the following essay as a continuation. I hope you enjoy reading it. The Horn of Africa at a Crossroads: Proposals for Eritrea Toward Prudent Management of the Regional Order By Semere Solomon September 11, 2026 Intr

Reviews Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality Semere Solomon has created a tour de force with Prospects for Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality, in which he takes apart the regime in Asmara brick by brick to reveal its utter inadequacy to lead the country out of the cul-de-sac it’s in today. He avoids letting his rage cloud his judgment, as he calmly and carefully builds his case with a rigor like none I’

From Vision to Action How does a nation move from aspiration to reality? In Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality, author Semere answers this urgent question. Following the foundation laid in Renewing the Promise, this sequel connects Eritrea’s rich liberation history to a credible, forward-looking transition agenda. Moving beyond the diagnosis of crisis, the author argues that the central obstacle facing Eritrea is a derailed pol

ብዕለት 28 ነሓሰ 2026 “ተለዋዋጢ ዅነታት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ጽልዋታቱ ኣብ ኤርትራን” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ሓደ ሓተታ ኣቕሪበ ኸም ዝነበርኩ ዝዝከር’ዩ። ብርክት ዝበሉ ነቲ ሓተታ ዘስተማቐርዎ ኣንበብቲ፡ ካብ ጠቓምነቱን እዋናውነቱን ዝተላዕለ፡ ቍሩብ ስፍሕ ኢሉ ኽቐርብ ንዝብሃቡኒ ምሕጽንታ መሰረት ብምግባር፡ እንሆ ከም መቐጸልታ ናይቲ ጽሑፍ ኮይኑ ኸገልግል ይኽእል’ዩ ዝበልኩዎ ሓተታ ኣብ ታሕቲ የቕርቦ ኣለኹ። ንምክትታልኩም ኣቐዲመ አመስግን። ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ ቃራና መገዲ፡ ንውሕሉል ምሕደራ ስርዓተ-ዞባ ዘገልግሉ ገለ ገለ እማመታት ንኤርትራ ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን 03 መስከረም 2026 መእተዊ፡ ኣብ ስትራተጅያዊ ቕየራ ዝርከብ ዞባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ናብ ዓሚቝ ጂኦፖለቲካዊ ለውጢ ይሰጋገር ኣሎ። ንነዊሕ እዋን ክኸይድ ዝጸንሐ ፖለቲካዊ ተሃላላኽነት፡

The Shifting Dynamics of the Horn of Africa and Its Impact on Eritrea Semere Solomon August 29, 2026 Introduction The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing significant geopolitical realignment, characterized by two opposing coalitions. On one side, an alliance of Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea seeks to contain Ethiopia’s ambitions. In contrast, a United Arab Emirates-backed bloc has formed between landlocked Ethiopia and the self-declared republic of Somaliland. This new ri

ተለዋዋጢ ዅነታት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ጽልዋታቱ ኣብ ኤርትራን ሰመረ ሰሎሞን 28 ነሓሰ 2026 መእተዊ ኣብ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ብቐሊሉ ዝልለ ሓዲሽ ጂኦፖለቲካዊ ዳግመ-ኣሰላልፋ ሓይልታት ንዕዘብ ኣለና። እቲ ፖለቲካዊ መልክዓ- መሬት ብኽልተ ተጻረርቲ ኺዳናት ናይ ሰብ ብርኪ ይግለጽ። ንኢትዮጵያ ንምግታእ ዝዓለመ ንግብጺ፡ ሶማልን ኤርትራን ዝሓቝፍ ኪዳን በቲ ሓደ ወገን፣ በቲ ኻልእ ድማ ብሕቡራት ኢማራት ዓረብ ዝድገፍ ኣብ መንጎ ወደብ ኣልቦ ዝኾነት ኢትዮጵያን ሶማሊላንድን ዝተመስረተ ኺዳን። ብዘይካ’ዚ እቲ እናሰፍሐ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ዂናት ሓድሕድ ሱዳን፡ ኣብ መጻብቦ ባብ ኤል መንደብ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ሚሊተራይዜሽን፡ ከምኡ’ውን ስዑዲ ዓረብ ዘበገሰቶ ሓድሽ ናይ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ስርዓተ-ጸጥታ፡ ነቶም ኣቐዲሞም ዝጸንሑ ኸባብያዊ ግጭታት ናብ ዝሰፍሐ ናይ ውክልና ዂናት ኸይምዕብ

The book I would like to introduce today is Renewing the Promise: A New Vision for Eritrea, written by Semere Solomon. This is a timely, thoughtful, and ambitious book. It is not simply a criticism of Eritrea’s current political system. Nor is it merely another account of the country’s long struggle for independence. Rather, it examines what went wrong after independence and, more importantly, proposes a comprehensive vision for rebuilding Eritrea as a peaceful, democratic, j

እዚ ዝስዕብ መደረ ብኣጋጣሚ ናይ ሓምሳ ዓመት ምስረታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ኣብ ዝተገብረ ጽንብል ብዝተገብረለይ ዕድመ መሰረት ብኣካል ተረኺበ ዝሃብክዎ'ዩ። "ኣብ እቲ ዘይተማልአ መብጽዓ፡ ንውርሻና እናኽበርና ንክውንነት ምግጣም" ኣብ መበል 50 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ምስረታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ዝቀረበ መደረ ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን 24 ሓምለ 2026 ክቡራን ኣጋይሽ፡ ኣሰናዳእቲ’ዚ መደብን፡ መሳርሕተይ ነበርን ናይ ቀደም ተመሃሮን፤ ከመይ ኣምሲኹም፧ መበል 50 ዓመት ምስረታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ንምጽንባል ኣብ ቅድሜኹም ምርካበይ ዓቢ ኽብሪ ይስምዓኒ። ምስ ታሪኽ ሓርነታዊ ቃልስና ዓሚቝ ምትእስሳር ዘለዎ ትካል፡ በዚ ታሪኻዊ ኣጋጣሚ ክዛረብ ንዝተገብረለይ ዕድመ፡ ከም ኣዝዩ ልዑል ክብሪ’የ ዝርእዮ። ምስጋናይ ወሰን ከም ዘይብሉ ድማ ክገልጸልኩም ኣፍቅዱለይ።

From Memory to Practice: An Evening with Semere and Renewing the Promise On June 23, 2026, we gathered in Washington, DC to celebrate the launch of Renewing the Promise. Among the voices that evening was Blake Kent, a longtime colleague and friend, who offered not a conventional book review but a deeply personal meditation on mentorship, community, and the difficult work of rebuilding public life. Drawing on two decades of shared experience—from Iraq to Eritrea to small-tow

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Book Review: Renewing the Promise: A New Vision for Eritrea Mohamed Kheir Omer Semere Solomon’s Renewing the Promise: A New Vision for Eritrea is an ambitious work that combines political reflection and development planning, created from an internal Eritrean perspective. Spanning 15 chapters and more than 300 pages, the book does not limit itself to critiquing Eritrea’s development trajectory since independence; it also seeks to build a comprehensive national roadmap for the

ደራሲ፡ ሰመረ ሰሎሞን ገምጋሚ፡ ዶክተር ሽደን መሓሪ ሰሎሞን ብኣጋጣሚ ምምራቕ መጽሓፍ ኣብ ዋሺንግተን ዲ.ሲ. ብዕለት 25 ሚያዝያ 2026 1. መእተዊ ኤረትራ ልኡላውነታ ካብ እተውሕስ ድሮ ሰላሳን ሓሙሽተን ዓመታት ኮይኑ። እዚ ማለት ድማ ዳርጋ ክልተ ወለዶታት ነዚ መንግስቲ’ዚ ጥራሕ ፈሊጡ ዓብዩ (ካልእ ስርዓት ዘይፈልጥ) ማለት'ዩ። ኣብዘን ዓመታት’ዝዚኣተን ብዙሓት ሕቶታት ተሓቲቶም። እንተኾነ ግን እታ ኣዝያ ኣገዳሲት ዝኾነት ሕቶ ዝጊት መልሳ ኣይተረኽበላን፦ ንሳ ድማ፣ እቲ ቃል፡ኪዳን (መብጽዓ) ናጽነትና ተማሊኡን ተሓልዩንዶ ትብል’ያ፧ እምብኣርከስ ሎሚ ምሳኻትኩም ክግምግማ ተዳልየ ዘለኹ መጽሓፍ፣ ካብ’ዛ ሕቶ’ዚኣ ዓይኑ ናይ ዘየልገሰ ደራሲ፣ ሰመረ ሰለሙን፤ ስራሕ እያ—ካብኡ ዝዓቢ ድማ፣ ደራሲ መልሱ ዘቐመጠላ ዓባይ ስራሕ እያ። 2. ብዛዕባ

ኤርትራ፡ ቀለስቲ ሓሳባት ንሕውየት ሃገር ደራሲ ሰመረ ሰሎሞን ገምጋሚ፡ በረኸት ሃብተማርያም ብኣጋጣሚ ምምራቕ መጽሓፍ ኣብ ዋሺንግተን ዲ.ሲ. ብዕለት 25 ሚያዝያ 2026 ስለምንታይ’ዩ ካብ ዘፍርሕ ምልኪ ናጻ ዝወጸ ህዝቢ ፈለማ ምዝራብ ክመሃር ዘለዎ እዛ መጽሓፍ ብዛዕባ ናይ ሎምን ጽባሕን ምውዳቅ-ምልኪ ዘላ ኤርትራ እትገልጽ መጽሓፍ’ኳ እንተኾነት፡ እቲ ዝዓሞቐ ዛዕባኣ ግን ካብ ብዓባያ ኤርትራ ዝዓቢ’ዩ። ድሕሪ ብዙሕን ከቢድን ውግእ፡ ምልኪ፡ ስደት፡ ድኽነት፡ ወተሃደራውነት፡ ድሃያት ዘጥፈአ ፍርሒ ዝሰፈኖ ለይቲ፡ ኣብ ኣለዳ፡ እንታይ ክመጽእ’ዩ ዝመሰረቱ ሕቶታት ናይ ኤርትራ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ፡ ናይ ኵሎም ኣብ ከም ናትና ኵነታት ዘለው ኣህዛብ ሕቶ’ዩ። ስለዚ ቅድሚ ንባብ’ዛ መጽሓፍ ብኣእምሮን ልብን ንኽትርዳእን ንምስማዕን ክትዳሎ የድሊ።ስለዚ፡ ብኣይ ወገን

The Aborted Political Transition was Not Inevitable: It is a Political Choice of Eritrea’s Leaders By Semere Solomon May 2, 2026 Introduction The stalled political transition in Eritrea is often described as the result of external pressures—regional instability, geopolitical isolation, or unresolved conflict. While it cannot be said that these factors had no influence, this assertion is not only incomplete but also misleading. Eritrea’s political trajectory should be viewe

It was a privilege to bring two recently published books by Semere Solomon—Renewing the Promise: A New Vision for Eritrea and ኤርትራ፡ ቀለስቲ ሓሳባት ንሕውየት ሃገር—to life before a live audience at the Shaw/Watha T. Daniel Library in Washington, DC, on April 25th. Conversation between the author and Dr. Ghirmai Negash More than a book launch, this was a rich dialogue centered on the overarching Dr. Shiden Solomon - Book Reviewer theme that unites both works: reconciling the unfulfille

ምዅላፍ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ግድነት ኣይነበረን፡ ፖለቲካዊ ሕርያ መራሕቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ’ዩ ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን 23 ሚያዝያ 2026 መእተዊ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተዀሊፉ ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ሳዕቤን ግዳማዊ ጸቕጥታት—ዞባዊ ዘይምርግጋእ፡ ጂኦ-ፖለቲካዊ ተነጽሎ፡ ወይ ድማ ዘይተፈትሐ ግጭት—ከም ዝኾነ’ዩ ዝግለጽ። ወላ’ኳ እዞም ረቛሒታት ጽልዋ ኣይነበሮምን እንተ ዘይተባህለ፡ እዚ ኣበሃህላ’ዚ ግን ዘይምሉእ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ኣጋጋዪ’ውን’ዩ። ናይ ኤርትራ ፖለቲካዊ ጉዕዞ፡ ከም ሳዕቤን ኵነታት ዘይኮነስ፡ ከም ውጽኢት ናይ ሓደ ኮነ ተባሂሉ ዝተቐረጸ ፖለቲካዊ ሕርያ ጌርካ ክርአ ይግባእ። እቲ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ዝመጸ መሪሕነት፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ትካላዊ ኣሰራርሓ ዘተኣታቱ፡ ንቝጽጽር ከም መርሓ ጐደና ምሕደራኡ ብምምራጽ፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ስትራትጅያዊ ረብሓ ሃገር፡ ንጸቢብ

The Paradox of Liberation By Semere Solomon April 18, 2026 The Paradox of Liberation: Analyzing the Crisis of Institutional Governance in Post-Independence Eritrea The shift from a liberation movement to a functional, democratic state is one of the most intricate challenges in post-colonial political theory. In Eritrea, this path is marked by a phenomenon termed "suspended citizenship," where the moral authority of the independence struggle is used to justify the indefinite p

ግርንቢጥ ሓርነት ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን 18 ሚያዝያ 2026 ቅልውላው ትካላዊ ምሕደራ ኣብ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ እቲ ካብ ሓደ ሓርነታዊ ምንቅስቓስ ናብ ብሕጊ እትምእዘዝ ጥዑይ ምሕደራ እተሳሲ ሃገር ዝግበር ስግግር፡ ሓደ ካብቶም ዝተሓላለኹ ብድሆታት ፖለቲካዊ ስነ-ፍልጠት ኮይኑ ይቕጽል ኣሎ። ኣብ ጕዳይ ኤርትራ፡ እዚ ኣንፈት’ዚ - ከምቲ ኣብ ዝሕለፈ ሓተታ ዘስመርኩሉ - ብ"ዝተወንዘፈ ዜግነት" ዝብለ ክስተት ክግለጽ ይከኣል። እዚ ማለት ድማ እቲ ሓርነታዊ ምንቅስቓስ ኣብቲ ንናጽነት ዝተኻየደ ቃልሲ ዝረኸቦ ሞራላዊ ሕጋውነትን ተፈላጥነትን ተጠቒሙ ንቕዋማዊ ምሕደራ ንዘይተወሰነ ግዜ ንምድንጓይ ከም ምኽንያት ኣብ ጥቕሚ ኣውዒልዎ’ሎ ማለት’ዩ። ኣምር ዘይተሓደሰ ሕጋዊ ተፈላጥነት ኣብ ሕመረት ናይቲ ሕጂ ዘሎ ምሕደራዊ ቅልውላው፡ ኣብ መንጎ’ቲ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓ